A mother from Georgia's Gwinnett County, getting treated for a flesh-eating bacteria infection since May, remains in stable condition, but doctors say that she may need to undergo a quadruple limb amputation, reported the New York Daily News.
Cindy Martinez, 34, a former marine and mother to two young kids, complained of shoulder pains last month. She was then hospitalized at the Gwinnett County Medical Center, just outside of Atlanta, for a series of tests. This resulted in four surgeries to remove dead tissues and muscles, after doctors discovered that she had necrotizing fasciitis and myositis, a condition caused by bacteria that eats the body's soft tissues.
Her doctors are baffled as to how she got the infection, according to reports.
"She didn't have any injury and [was], initially, at home when she was feeling the pain. I looked at where the pain was at, I didn't notice anything. That's what's troubling—I don't know," said her husband, David, a police officer with the county, via WTVR.
When she went to the hospital to get checked, doctors told Cindy that she required emergency surgery.
"She thought she was going to come home in a few days. I had to tell her the truth, and tell her she's not coming home. I don't know when. A couple of weeks, a couple of months. I don't know," said David, in an interview with NBC.
Doctors said Cindy may still require more surgeries, which may result in the loss of either part or all of her limbs.
Friends of the Martinez family set up a GoFundMe page to help defray the cost of medical expenses.
Cindy and David have been married for 13 years, and have a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old.
